rummy

a chronic drinker

a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

• “a curious hybrid accent”
• “her speech has a funny twang”
• “they have some funny ideas about war”
• “had an odd name”
• “the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”
• “something definitely queer about this town”
• “what a rum fellow”
• “singular behavior”